Daniel 4:11

4:11 The tree grew large and strong.

Its top reached far into the sky;

it could be seen ¹  from the borders of all the land. ² 

Daniel 4:10

4:10 Here are the visions of my mind ³  while I was on my bed.

While I was watching,

there was a tree in the middle of the land. ⁴ 

It was enormously tall. ⁵ 

Daniel 4:20

4:20 The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen ⁶  in all the land,

[4:11]  ¹ tn Aram “its sight.” So also v. 17.

[4:11]  ² tn Or “to the end of all the earth” (so KJV, ASV); NCV, CEV “from anywhere on earth.”

[4:10]  ³ tc The LXX lacks the first two words (Aram “the visions of my head”) of the Aramaic text.

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Instead of “in the middle of the land,” some English versions render this phrase “a tree at the center of the earth” (NRSV); NAB, CEV “of the world”; NLT “in the middle of the earth.” The Hebrew phrase can have either meaning.

[4:10]  ⁵ tn Aram “its height was great.”

[4:20]  ⁵ tn Aram “its sight.”